Society

Hanoi Chairman Vu Dai Thang becomes Head of the Steering Committee for Hanoi City Data

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Hanoi - Chairman of the City People's Committee Vu Dai Thang takes on a new role.

Tourist boat catches fire in Ha Long Bay, 41 people safe

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Quang Ninh - In the afternoon of February 27, the Signature QN-7269 tourist boat caught fire in the area near Hang Co on Ha Long Bay. All 41 people on board were brought ashore safely.

Hanoi sets milestone to eliminate gasoline and oil taxis

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Hanoi - The roadmap is to complete the conversion of all gasoline and oil taxis to electric and green-energy taxis in the city by 2030 at the latest.

City Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc: Do not let Hanoi's 5 bottlenecks become more complicated

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Hanoi - Secretary of the City Party Committee said that the city is holding weekly meetings to assess the progress of solving 5 bottlenecks; resolutely not to let it become more complicated.

Weather forecast for tomorrow, February 28th, nationwide

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Weather forecast for tomorrow, February 28, Hanoi has light rain in some places, fog in the early morning, sunny in the afternoon. Ho Chi Minh City has showers and thunderstorms in some places.

Coming to welcome storm No. 12 in the East Sea at the same time as cold air flows in, causing heavy rain

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According to the representative of the meteorological agency, in the next 10 days, many dangerous natural disasters will have impacts including storms, cold air and winter wind disturbances.

Transportation connects, opening new development space for Ca Mau

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Ca Mau - A series of national key projects are being implemented, opening up great opportunities for Ca Mau to connect with the whole country.

The bottom spillway of Hoa Binh hydroelectric reservoir and the bottom spillway of Tuyen Quang hydroelectric reservoir are ordered to be closed

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1 bottom spillway of Hoa Binh hydroelectric reservoir and 1 bottom spillway of Tuyen Quang hydroelectric reservoir were ordered to close at 5:00 p.m. on October 16.

Police investigate the case of fighting over money bags in luxury apartments

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Hanoi - A group of people struggled with large bags of money in a luxury apartment. During the fight, a large amount of cash fell all over the floor.

Watching a herd of white storks flying to Hue during the migration season

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HUE - A herd of hundreds of white storks appeared in Thuy Xuan ward, a rare image, showing that the ecological environment in the suburbs is still well preserved.

Wards in Da Nang publicize 350 administrative procedures under their authority

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Da Nang - The Thanh Khe Ward Party Committee has just held a second conference to assess the working situation in the third quarter of 2025.

45 tons of sturgeon in Quang Ngai died due to flash floods

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Quang Ngai - About 45 tons of sturgeon died due to broken water pipes into fish ponds, causing fish to lack oxygen and die. The damage was about 7.7 billion VND.

Two newly repaired traffic works are broken, people complain of being revoked

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After being repaired, the two billion-dollar roads in Ia Pa commune, Gia Lai province have seriously degraded, causing people to be upset and file a complaint with the authorities, suspecting that the project was " imposted".

Da Nang spends more than 1,600 billion VND to prevent coastal erosion

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The serious erosion on Tan Thanh coast (Hoi An Tay ward, Da Nang) is "swallowing" shops and threatening coastal tourist areas and to cope, Da Nang has spent more than 1,600 billion VND on a series of key projects.

A decades-old royal poinciana tree is uprooted in the yard of Lam Dong school

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Lam Dong - An ancient royal poinciana tree in the yard of a primary school in Bao Loc Ward 2 (Lam Dong) was uprooted after 5 minutes of playing, fortunately no one was injured.

OCOP and rural tourism arouse identity, open the direction of sustainable development

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In the period of 2026 - 2030, OCOP products need to have more breakthroughs, towards sustainable development.

Digital transformation promotes sustainable development of clean rural water

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HCMC - Many localities are promoting digital transformation in managing and exploiting clean water supply systems.

Man dies and wife dies unexpectedly at home

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Quang Tri - The authorities are investigating the incident in Dong Trach commune. When the husband had just died in an accident, at home, his wife had also died.

Collision with pickup truck, old woman dies in Ho Chi Minh City

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HCMC - A tragic accident has just occurred on Nguyen Duy Trinh Street, causing a 79-year-old woman to die while colliding with a pickup truck.

Forecast of very heavy rain in the next 3 days, some places exceed 500mm

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The Central region is about to face a widespread heavy rain; in particular, it is important to note that Hue city has a rainfall in the next 3 days that may exceed 500mm.